Rangers 4-0 St. Mirren: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 2 February 2019

Result

Rangers 4-0 St. Mirren

Premiership · Saturday 2 February 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Rangers · St. Mirren · Premiership predictions

Rangers 4-0 St. Mirren: match report

Rangers defeated St. Mirren 4-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 2 February 2019. It was 1-0 at half-time.

James Tavernier opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Rangers's goals came from James Tavernier (3', penalty), James Tavernier (55', penalty), Jermain Defoe (80', penalty) and Ryan Kent (81'). St. Mirren did not score.

Discipline: Rangers received 2 yellow cards; St. Mirren received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Rangers were 2nd on 45 points from 23 and St. Mirren 12th on 12 points from 23. Rangers went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and St. Mirren 11th with 32.

Rangers lined up in a 4-3-3 and St. Mirren in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Rangers wins, 1 draw and 1 for St. Mirren.

Going into the match Rangers's last five read W-L-W-D-W and St. Mirren's L-L-L-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Penalty goal · James TavernierRangers · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · J. BairdSt. Mirren
  • 26'Missed penalty · James TavernierRangers
  • 39'Yellow card · Alfredo MorelosRangers
  • 44'Yellow card · Paul McGinnSt. Mirren
  • 49'Yellow card · Ross McCrorieRangers
  • 55'Penalty goal · James TavernierRangers · 2-0
  • 80'Penalty goal · Jermain DefoeRangers · 3-0
  • 81'Goal · Ryan KentRangers · 4-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Rangers 8, draws 1, St. Mirren 1.

Team news

Rangers line-up (4-3-3)

Allan McGregor, James Tavernier, Joe Worrall, Nikola Katic, Giancarlo Riolfo, Scott Arfield, Ross McCrorie, Steven Davis, Alfredo Morelos, Jermain Defoe, Ryan Kent

St. Mirren line-up (3-5-2)

Václav Hladký, Jack Baird, Anton Ferdinand, Mihai Popescu, Paul McGinn, Stephen McGinn, Brad Lyons, Greg Tansey, Simeon Jackson, Ethan Erhahon, Anders Dreyer